The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-07
(From the New York Herald.)


Victorious.
(From the New York Herald.)
ATLANTA, GA, November 26, ISL
The people OF this city voted on the
question of prohibition to-day and de-
feated it. The election follows one OF
the most exciting political campaigns
ever witnessed in Georgia. an extreme
of bitterness, running often into person
alities, marked it. is excitement reach
ed a Climax last nic lit wGen tn 'usand> OF
voters marched and bivouac&ed IN the
streets 20 be ready for an early advance
upon the polls.
The Fremont exposition did not close
until the ed OF October. and both SIDES
agreed that during tue progress OF the
exposition nothing whatever should be
done by either side, as it would mar toe
unity Of the cirizens IN their enthusiastic
support of the exposition.
Both sides piucSrd into the fight With
wonderful activity as soon as the eXpoSl-
ton was over. Ia two days after the
exposition closed the hsht was on in I'll
its fury, aud excited more interest a'.c
activit, than had ever been sno@n Ill 1t
campaign hefor" In this city. For over
q mouth the clglZen> h4ve 5esn engaged
IN the contest.
M-etiug, have been held almost ev. ry
night, a..d icc,l speakers aud slri:li.};
orators h.ve >.uGpes; the coUpty from
end to erd of tie cis, an; every CT, s. roed
in the coenty. Early in the campaisn
the erohlbluoni>tS Leased the largest
warehouse IN the city and fired 1t up
with seating cspac1ty for 5000 people
Almost Diaht'y tEaE bu lang has been
filed, and snct sct..eS Of Wild entAas.-
asm are rarely Win sssd.
Among the pronlaent proa'oitlol
speakers Who plunged fe4rtsSiy into tbs
fight early in The can ,;tisu VAS United
States Senator \. Il. Go qpit and ir
II. W. Grady. Iae>e we.a assisted
almost every minister IN the CITY, wiz"
S preached PROHIBITION f1om the!r pulp t.
z Sunday airer Sunday 70 deeply interest
ed consrS cations. prominent among
the preachers who led tie prohibition
fight in Atlanta were Rev. DIS. }. 5.
Hawthorne, Il. c. Morrison aud j. ".
Lee. These three ministers entered into
the fight with wonderful zeal, spoke
night after night, and IN almost every
IN the county. The most prominent
leaders of the ants were Senator Joseph
3. Brown. Captain E. ?. Howell and
s Captain John B. Goodwin. Both sides
had full campaign funds and managed
. their respective causes for all they Were
Worth.
The negro vote was the bone Of con-
tentiop, and was the balance OF power.
Each side made the most trenuous en-
: deayors to secure it in every w&y posi-
BILE. The negroes were considerably
divided on the subject, though naiori-
Z ty of them voted with the anti-prohlbl-
tinnists.
One of the features Of the contest has
been the active part taken by many wo-
men of the city. Several Of the churches
organized committees from among their
female members, who tookaE active part
IN the campaign. They organized the
women of the colored churches into
societies, and met with them and prayed
with them day after. The result OF their
work was shown to-day by TIE appear
ance of large numbers o. women at the
polls with Blue badges. They served hot
3 coffee and sandwiches at every poltlng
place, and conducted prayer meetings
and singing crusa6es in the open air.
Fulton county, In which Atlanta is
located, voted two years ago on the same
y question, and went for prohibition by a
majority of 22S out of about 5000 votes.
The registration this time exceeds that
Of last year by 1000 votes and this excess
gave the doubtful figures for either side
to estimate on during the campaign.
The principal fight made on prohlbi-
! lion durins the ampalgn was that 1t eld
4 not prohibit, and that intoxicating drinks
could be openly purchased IL o number
of places throughout the city which palo
{ taxes to the United States government
8 for the sale of whiskey. Thousands OF
gallons have been sent IN each month
from cities around Atlanta from which II
was almost SIS easy to get a Jug IS It w2>
at bars in the city. The suits claim that
prohibiIion injured the city, which WAS
WELDING S50,o00 year IN whlskey IL
Z csnses. without decreasing IN the slight
est the amount of whlskey sold ID the
city.
The prohibitionistS, on the other hand,
claimed that Atlantis has never had pro
hIhitien; that wiIlte IL Was SOW ted Years
ago, the licenses then existing Gid L, t
exslre, some Of them, Gaea almost d elr
ago, and TIA. since Juat time the Gomes-
:. tlc vine clause IL the local option bill
allowed many places IL the cit, oy wnlch
the law could be easily evaGed. inis
was, however, remedied by the last
Legislature, which put a license OF
$4,000 on all vine rooms, which license
will 60 into effect att@g January l.
me prohioltioElsts claimed that with
wine rooms out OF the city there would
be no places for the easy evasion Of the
law if officers would properly enforce it.
The result to-day indicates pubic
opinion on the subject. TIE city has
gone wet by probably 1000 majority.
Great enthusiasm prevails III the streets.
Men, women and children are mlngllng
IN the mammoth procession that Is
marching about the town. Thousands
OF negroes, wearing grotesques CARDS OF
red material, are yelling IKE coyotes.
Bands are playing, frecrackers are ex-
ploding and REQ banners are waving.
The ministers and others prominent In
the prohibitory movement are chagrine
at the unexpected result.
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